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Your growing child

20 weeks pregnant

Your baby measures about 16.5cm from crown to rump. A whitish coat of a fatty substance called vernix caseosa begins to cover your baby, protecting her skin during its long immersion in amniotic fluid. Read More

23 weeks pregnant

Your baby now weighs a little more than 500g and measures about 29cm from crown to heel. His hearing is established and he can make out a distorted version of your voice, the beating of your heart and your stomach rumblings. Read More

24 weeks pregnant

Your baby now weighs more than 600g. Her brain is growing rapidly, tastebuds have fully developed, and her footprints and fingerprints are forming. She is starting to fill the space in your uterus (womb). Read More

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